penurious

形容词 penurious:

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities
   同义词：hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched
2. excessively unwilling to spend
   同义词：parsimonious

pe.nu.ri.ous

adj.（形容词）
Ungenerously or pettily unwilling to spend money.See Synonyms at stingy
吝啬的：不慷慨或极度地不想花钱参见 stingy
Yielding little; barren:
贫瘠的：出产少的；枯竭的：
例句：
a penurious land.
贫瘠的土地

Poverty-stricken; destitute.
贫困的；贫穷的

来源：
From Medieval Latin pônôriôsus
源自 中世纪拉丁语 pônôriôsus
from Latin pônôria [want]
源自 拉丁语 pônôria [想要]

【引伸】
penu.riously
adv.（副词）
penu.riousness
n.（名词）